Topeka, Kansas,
Changes Its Name To Google
Topeka, Kansas, a US city seeking to be a
test hub for a high-speed broadband network
being built by Google has temporarily
changed its name to Google.
Topeka Mayor William Bunten issued a
proclamation declaring that, for the month
of March, the Kansas capital would be known
as "Google, Kansas - the capital city of
fibre optics".
The official city website, Topeka.org,
welcomes visitors to "The City of Google" -
written in the large colourful letters the
internet search giant is known for - and
includes a link to the mayor's proclamation.
Google said last month that it wanted to
install a fibre-optic broadband network at a
small number of locations across the US. The
service, which would provide homes with
broadband speeds of up to 1 gigabit per
second, is 100 times faster than anything
currently available in America.
The web search and advertising giant said
the envisioned one-gigabit-per-second
networks would be built in "a small number
of trial locations" in the United States.
It will not be the first time that Topeka,
which has a population of 125,000, has
temporarily changed its name.
The city issued a similar proclamation in
1998 and switched its name to ToPikachu in
celebration of the Pokemon, video games,
with a reference to the Pikachu character. |
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